SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A PLATEN IN A LIVE SCANNER AND PRODUCING HIGH-CONTRAST PRINT IMAGES - Patent 1644870

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EP 1 644 870 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.08.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	12.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/15

(21)	Application number: 04755416.7

(22)	Date of filing: 17.06.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06K 9/74^(1980.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/019239

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/114078 (29.12.2004 Gazette 2004/53)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL HR LT LV MK

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Priority:

17.06.2003 US 462592

(71)	Applicant: Cross Match Technologies, Inc.
	Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	MCCLURG, George, W. Jensen Beach, FL 34957 (US)

(74)	Representative: Cross, James Peter Archibald et al
	R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street GB-London SW1H 0RJ GB-London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

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